Here are some of my favorite places to hear fabulous audio & the fabulous people who make it:
Third Coast Audio Festival Library
This American Life
Snap Judgment
The Moth
RadioLab
The Next Big Thing (sadly no longer on the air, but you can still find LOTS of episodes)
Big Shed Audio
PRX
Latino USA
Studio 360
Story Corps
Hearing Voices
The Kitchen Sisters
Roman Mars
Katie Mingle
And finally, in random order, here are links to some of my all-time favorite pieces:
(Okay, I said in random order, but this is actually my favorite favorite) Thirteen Ways by Pejk Malinovski
The last act in this show is the famous Babies Buying Babies by Elna Baker
Sarah Vowell tells the greatest love story of all time
David Sedaris and Ira Glass take a tour through the streets of Paris
Matthew Power's recollections of his relationship with Allen Ginsberg
Hilarious piece by Jonathan Goldstein and others
Katie Davis' The Ratman Cometh
And super-finally, I have decided to list some blogs I like, because really they inspire me too, even if they're not made of radio.
Hyperbole and a Half - I agree with absolutely everything she says except for her stance on cake vs. pie. I just can't get behind that.
Hyperbole and a Half - I agree with absolutely everything she says except for her stance on cake vs. pie. I just can't get behind that.
27b/6 - I have spent a great deal of time laughing out loud while reading this blog. Then I showed it to my dad and watched him laugh out loud while reading it. This provided more sustained entertainment than watching another person's silent reading really ought to.
